Audition

(1997 and translated to English in 2009)

By  Ryu Murakami

 

 

First things first. I have never ever struggled to read a book as much as I did this one, not cus it's some badly translated item or really gory or hard to read but it's like a massive cock tease, you know from the movie shit will happen but it takes so long to get anywhere... ugh..

 

Anyway review.

 

The book is 200 pages long and I very much recall that the action did not start until page 173 so for those 27 pages that aren't dull as fuck, they are rushed. It really felt like at the start of the book he had all the time in the world and even went into detail on NBA matches the main guy was watching on TV then at the last page it's wrapped up very fast, very sloppy and causes a 'whatthefuck' when you finish it.

 

People, this is a boring book. It teases you in places, small hints of this girls horrid sordid past but then it just carries on being boring.

 

The story is highly rich and successful single parent Aoyama wants to re-marry and him and his friend decide to do it in the form of a false audition to get loads of pretty talented 'perfect' in Aoyama's eyes woman.

 

He pretty much decides from the get go that the girl for him is Yamasaki Asami who his friend keeps telling him is a bad idea, something doesn't sit right, the facts are wonky etc etc.

 

But he's got his love goggles on and ignores his friend and carries on taking her drinking to pricey meals and oh yes we have to hear every fancy meal in detail and every fucking detail about the way Yamasaki Asami  looks and moves.. I have a funny feeling the author may have been into her going by how it's written.

 

So Yamasaki Asami  is told that the thing she auditioned for crashed and burned but she's just happy to be with him blah... she's in his eyes THE PERFECT WOMAN. They go on holiday together and have sex.. I have never read a book that mentions 'HER LUST CRAZED PUSSY' in my life, I thought I was reading 50 shades of shite.

 

The sex scene is well written but not interesting, more author boners for his own character.. She soon vanish without a trace.

 

And here comes page 173 where you see her true colours and shit goes down. Now, the gore when it gets to it, is detailed and great and made me cringe and gasp in places, was horrid. I mean if you wanna read the book just simply skip to page 173 and carry on from there or watch the just as boring movie and fast forward to the last half hour.

 

It's such a shame it's so boring as the writing itself is good and the gore when it gets there is amazing. Also like I said, the last page looks like a rush it was pretty much 'so this chick I just killed.. whats that about?' 'oh nothing'  'Oh ok, cool' the fucking hell?

 

But moral of the story is, don't date a woman you know little about and is perfect or else you'll end up missing a foot and with a dead dog.

 

Plot: 2.5/5

Gore: 5/5

Pacing: 0/5

Writing: 4/5

Characters: 1/5

Overall enjoyment: 1/5